Coronavirus: the great financial concern of professional clubs

" There will necessarily be deaths. As in many other economic sectors ”. Like this boss of a Ligue 1 team joined by Le Figaro , the presidents of professional clubs are terribly worried by the current situation. And the Canal + decision to stop paying its bills after the postponement of the matches obviously only reinforces their anxiety, knowing that for them, there is little doubt that beIN Sports will follow the same path.

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" It is a real club rescue plan that must be put in place, " said Bernard Caïazzo, the president of Saint-Etienne and of the union of the Premier League clubs, two weeks ago in an interview with the Parisian . One of its members adds: “ The clubs are in the situation of a father who has 20,000 euros in the bank but who does not know when he will work again and there are four children to feed. I think we will replay at best in July or August. And under what conditions? For me there is a chance on

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